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Back to SearchGold Exports, Trade Deficits, and Tariffs
Episode 535
Bob responds to James Rickards’ recent tweet on record U.S. gold exports driving an improved trade balance, walking through the official data on non-…
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In the Company of Mavericks: Mark Thornton on the Austrian Comeback
Episode 135
On the latest episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton shares an in-depth interview with Jeremy McKeown of In the Company of Mavericks on the long riva…
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The Declaration of Independence Created 13 New Sovereign Countries
Episode 227
Ryan McMaken and historian Larsen Plyler talk about how the Americans of the 1770s envisioned a new community of independent and sovereign states. Th…
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Davos Calls For A New World Order
Episode 10
On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho look at the headlines coming out of Davos, including Mark Carney's speech calling out the …
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Reparations Are a Welfare Scheme and Would Have No Effect on Racial Wealth Gaps
For all of the demands for reparations for blacks, the schemes so far have been unworkable and would not address the real wealth gaps between black a…
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Trading with the Enemy: An American Tradition
Murray Rothbard recounts how during the French and Indian War (1754–63), Americans continued the great tradition of trading with the enemy.
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Greenland: Trump’s Folly
Even hawkish foreign policy scholars admit that changing the US security setup in Greenland is unnecessary. Its supply of raw materials is also nothi…
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Dr. Mark Thornton Warns “Fiat Is in the ICU” and Central Banks Do Not Trust Each Other
Kitco News anchor Jeremy Szafron sits down with Dr. Mark Thornton to break down why central banks are fleeing Treasuries for physical gold and what t…
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Israel and Its Relationship to the Islamic State
In the so-called world of strategic alliances, things often are not what they seem to be. It is that way with the Islamic State or ISIS, which suppos…
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Weak States, Not Limited States: Early Ming Governance and the Illusion of Proto-Liberalism
Although some scholars have labeled the early Ming Dynasty as a proto-liberal state, they are mistaken. The Ming governance at that time was weak, no…
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